Pre-tax losses at Dublin-based exploration firm Petroceltic fell more than 18% last year — a period management has called “transformational” for the company.

FINE Gael's Simon Coveney will announce today whether he will run for the Dáil at the next general election or remain in the European Parliament.

A member of the Turkoman Front political group was assassinated today in northern Iraq while driving his children to school, police said.